Monday, July 26, 2021

Phase 6 Decking second story

This is job I felt like I could help with, Britton would lift the ridiculous heavy sheeting up the stairs and glue it then I could come behind and add the screws every 6 and 12 inches across the whole board. It was super fun to see the new square footage really coming together. Elle was my best side kick screwing in screws along with me. Love that girl! Here is the boys checking in on us.

A side note. We always thought dogs were not into stairs, growing up with the a couple of dogs that would never hang out upstairs at my parents house i just assumed all dogs didn't do stairs. Pepper is fearless, she didnt stop at the stairs, she would go all the way to existing house roof and reign queem supreme over the whole neighborhood! We got so many phone calls from concerned neighbors watching her romp across the roof barking at them. I think she did jump once and chased down a runner but after doing it once she learned her lesson and didn't jump again but after the 20th phone call we were ready to get some walls up. Especially after she taught her friend Wrigley her ways.




Monday, July 19, 2021

Phase 8 interior walls skipped some steps

 We misordered the number of floor joists we needed and had to get 2 more to finish for the second story. To get that ordered and delivered was going to take a couple weeks. So in order to not waste a weekend. we decided to order some 2x 4's and do some interior walls in the first floor.

My own closet! The bathroom, a double sink space giant shower! Making final decision on is the wall next to the toilet going to be a full wall? pony wall? Britton' s closet under the stairs is going to be great for storing everything he has.  This is a shot from the bedroom in the existing house when the rain was coming down the stairs in a waterfall.


And my favorite people form Texas came to visit. So we got to hang out with them a little too. the Beards were here for an Asay family reunion



Monday, July 5, 2021

Phase 5 sheeting and Phase 6 floor joists

 

After our lake Powell trip and a couple weekends away from the house we got the floor joists and sheeting on the first story frame attached this weekend. Next step the stairs.


Tooke advantage some extra days around July 4th and knocked out the stairs on the Monday Holiday.
Danielle did her sisterly duty and got handy with the screwdriver attaching the decking to each stair.
I love my family so much! we have received so much labor in love for this project!